Media Education: rileggerne il ruolo nell’era post-mediale

Abstract

Media Education is grounded in the principle of fostering a critical understanding of media, to which learners should be guided through specifically designed educational processes. Without departing from its original meaning, however, it is necessary to reconsider Media Education within the post-media society from both an epistemological and a pedagogical perspective. Educational pathways in Media Education can no longer dispense with the integration of multicultural elements and AI Education, since contemporary society itself demands such an approach. This contribution, therefore, focusing on lower secondary school, aims to redefine the concept of Media Education in postmodern society. It does so by examining the operational strategies through which multicultural and AI Education components can be integrated into media-related educational practices, with the ultimate goal of fostering in students a renewed conception of citizenship.